In another sign that he is suffering from delusions of national relevance, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) participated in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) today. Presumably he thought some exposure to the young Internet-savvy crowd would at least help raise his 2016 poll numbers above most cartoon characters. If he is true to form, O’Malley will try to spin his AMA performance as a rousing success, but people who participated certainly won’t be buying that.
O'Malley completely embarrassing himself on that Reddit AMA. What a dork.
— Drew Monath (@DrewMonath) May 5, 2014
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley Just Did the Worst Reddit AMA of All Time http://t.co/11xRvUNXW8 via @InTheCapital
— GovSM (@govsm) May 5, 2014
Guessing O'Malley had no idea what an AMA actually was. Do your homework @RNCResearch
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 5, 2014
Gov O'Malley did an AMA on Reddit and holy cow….
— Kaeleigh Green (@CapitalsChick) May 5, 2014
Governor O’Malley’s AMA could barely have gone any worse than it did: http://t.co/dYeRA7ZL7q.
— Pessimist (@pessimism) May 5, 2014
On top of his many (many, many, many) other faults, O'Malley's humorless too http://t.co/EOlciDZS66
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 5, 2014
Governor O'Malley did an AMA on reddit. He answered some decent questions, but ducked far more. Hope it gets covered by some type of news.
— Millennium (@MillenniumOS) May 5, 2014
Governor Martin O'Malley's AMA went about as poorly as one could imagine. He'd have fit right in on "The Wire."
— Matt (@MatthewLevi) May 5, 2014
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is doing an AMA right now. It's going not well http://t.co/moRLFG7H8d
— Andrew Dooley (@andrewmdooley) May 5, 2014
Gov. O'Malley did an AMA on Reddit and only answered 5 questions……. politicians y'all.
— Christoph (@ricechrispyk) May 5, 2014
Martin O'Malley tried to do an AMA and it backfired terribly
— Josh (@JusttJoshinYa) May 5, 2014
So the O'Malley AMA on reddit is a complete disaster, wow.
— Jason Armstrong (@Bmorecowbell) May 5, 2014
Seriously I like the guy overall, but this O'Malley AMA is a train wreck.
— Patrick Ronk (@PRonkkkk) May 5, 2014
@HoughAnPuff He even botched the softball questions. How do you mess up answering: "How many crab cakes have you eaten in one sitting?
— Patrick Ronk (@PRonkkkk) May 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/peekatchu_ss/status/463337652214071296
Lol Martin O'Malley AMA, where he avoids answering any tough questions about his terrible administration http://t.co/PpcW099Kfp #maryland
— Brian (@briansm78) May 5, 2014
Yikes. Gov. O'Malley tanked his Reddit AMA this morning: http://t.co/xpcaGDTtRQ
Compare it to, say, Ethan Hawke's: http://t.co/q0HHRY6mU9
— Geoff Edlins (@gpe) May 5, 2014
Quote from MD Gov. Martin O'Malley Reddit AMA session today says it all about failed policies & economy in our statehttp://t.co/gkgCsRnh4W
— SOG Nikon (@SOG_Nikon) May 5, 2014
ALL politicians: Do NOT do an AMA as you will get smacked. Ask MD Gov. O'Malley http://t.co/eyaGIw5vbS
— Romi Kher (@10GM) May 5, 2014
But maybe they deserve the smacking.
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